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Week 13, March 31 – April 6, 2019 – Views from Willis Tower

April 6th, 2019

Tagged 16-28mm f2.8, 18.08.14, 19.02.19, 19.02.28, 19.03.29, 200 South Wacker, 2018, 2019, 28-105mm f3.5-4.5, 70-300mm f3.5-5.6, 80-200mm f2.8, Adams St., Aon Center, Art Institute of Chicago, Aug18, August, black & white, Buckingham Fountain, Chicago IL, Chicago River, Chicago skyline, CNA, D600, Feb19, February, Federal Plaza, Flamingo, I-90, I-94, interstate, iPhone, iPhone XS, John Hancock Building, Lake Michigan, Mar19, March, night photo, Nikon, reflection, reflections, roads, Roosevelt University, Sears Tower, squares, street lights, The Art Institute of Chicago, triangles, Trump International Hotel & Tower, Wacker Drive, Week 13 2019, WEEKS, WEEKS 2019, Willis Tower

“Reflected Street View”

April 5th, 2019

Tagged 16-28mm f2.8, 19.03.29, 2019, Chicago IL, Chicago River, D600, Mar19, March, Nikon, reflection, Sears Tower, Wacker Drive, Week 13 2019, Willis Tower

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“Skyscrapers to the Horizon”

April 4th, 2019

Tagged 16-28mm f2.8, 19.03.29, 2019, Aon Center, Chicago IL, Chicago skyline, D600, John Hancock Building, Lake Michigan, Mar19, March, Nikon, Sears Tower, Trump International Hotel & Tower, Week 13 2019, Willis Tower

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Week 9, March 3-9, 2019 – CTA Long Exposure

March 9th, 2019

“Green Lights and Tail Lights”

March 8th, 2019

Tagged 16-28mm f2.8, 19.01.29, 2019, blue, Century Tower, Chicago IL, CTA, curves, D600, intersection, Jan19, January, light trails, lights, long exposure, night photo, Nikon, red, snow, train, train tracks, Week 9 2019, Wells & Lake

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“Blue Line on the Green Line”

March 6th, 2019

Tagged 16-28mm f2.8, 19.01.29, 2019, Chicago IL, CTA, D600, intersection, Jan19, January, lights, long exposure, night photo, Nikon, snow, train, train tracks, Week 9 2019, Wells & Lake

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Week 6, February 10-16, 2019 – Black & White Downtown Elgin

February 16th, 2019

Black & White Week 2

For the second full week of Black & White February, I decided to follow up on an idea that I’d had for a few months – to shoot light trails in Elgin. I enjoy capturing long exposures, but the added challenge of capturing light trails in downtown Elgin instead of Chicago (where there’s more traffic) seemed challenging.

While we were out in the bitter cold for the January Lunar Eclipse, I realized that Elgin’s parking garages would make a great vantage point for some light trail images. I’d taken images from the top of the Spring Street garage, in fact, I’ve led photo walks in downtown Elgin and used the Spring Street garage as a vantage point.

However, I decided to add one more aspect to the week’s photos: I would attempt to shoot 7 images and capture 7 photos that I was proud of…I didn’t quite make it. Capturing light trails of traffic when there’s very little traffic turned out to be a bit more challenging than I expected. But I took 14 images, from 6 vantage points, and captured 7 images that I’m proud of.